The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett is to join to the contest to become the next Speaker. Ms Beckett was housing minister under Gordon Brown, but she stepped down last week as part of the slew of resignations which threatened to cripple the prime minister’s authority. She joins Labour backbencher Parmjit… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Gordon Brown has accused the Tories of planning ten per cent spending cuts for Britain’s public services. The claim, made in the prime minister’s first PMQs after seeing off rebel backbenchers on Monday evening, was based on an apparent admission by shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley. He was responding to a report… Read more »
